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Zhang Tie Shan, an army recruit from north China, wrote a big zero on his college exam paper accompanied by the following words: "To make revolution, one need not answer above questions."
Instantly he became a hero throughout China, epitomizing the true spirit of the Cultural Revolution. School became chaos. Everyone ran around mindlessly, doing nothing. Teachers could do almost nothing to remedy the situation for fear of being branded stinking intellectuals or counterrevolutionaries.